Philip dyee



(fie Model.)

P. DYER.

FARM GATE. No. 393,891. Patented Dec. 4, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP DYER, OF UNADILLA, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO \VILLIAMABERNETHY, OF MOORETOIVN, ONTARIO, CANADA.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,891, dated December4, 1888.

Application filed January 10, 1888. Serial No. 260,294. (No model.)'

To all whom it may concern.-

act by its own gravity the cross-head will bind Be it known that I,PHILIP DYER, a citizen 1 the county of Livingstone and State of Michilgan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being i had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

useful improvements in farm-gates.

The invention has for its object to 'make the gate vertically adjustableand to hold and operate it in its adjusted positions.

To this end the invention consists in the peculiar construction,arrangement, and combination of the parts, all as more fully hereinafterset forth.

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved gate as in its closed position.Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line .00 0c in Fig. 1.

post, B is the latch-post, and C is the gate, 1

which may be of any of the known and ordinary constructions, except ashereinafter described.

D and E are the uprights of the gate-frame, and F is a heel-post, whichis hinged as in the ordinary manner of hingin g gates to the gatepost A,and to which the gate is secured in the following manner:

G is a strap secured to the lower end of the upright E and passingloosely around the heel-post F.

H are guides secured near the upper end of the upright F to guide theupper end of the gate vertically.

I is a gravity-binder pivotally secured by the pin J in the heel-post,which, projecting through a slot, K, in the upright E of the gate-frame,has its free end secured to a rope or chain, L, which passes over asheave, M, on the gate. This binder is provided at its free end with across-head or cross-pin, N, so arranged that by pulling upon the ropesufficiently to lift the binder to a horizontal position the gate isfree to be raised or lowered vertically, while if the binder is allowedto against the upright E, and thereby firmly lock the gate in itsadjusted position.

By extending the slot K in the upright E in a vertical direction betweenthe top and bottom rails of the gate it will be seen that the gate maybe allowed to drop clear to the ground, or be raised to any desiredheight This invention relates to certain new and above to permit thepassage of stock underneath, or to swing free from the ground; and topermit unobstructed play for the free ends of the binder I preferablyconstruct the gate with a vertical slot, 0, as shown in the drawings,

The peculiar construction of the gate shown in the drawings I also claimmy invention, but do not describe and claim it in this application, as Ihave made it the subject-matter of a separate application, patented June26, 1888, as No. 385,302.

In the accompanying drawings, which form I apart of this specification,A is the hinge- It will be seen that my gate can be opened or closedfrom either side, and is adapted to swing either way, which forms anadvantage greatly appreciated by the farmer.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. In a farm-gate, the combination,with the hinge-post, of a heel-post hinged thereto, a binder, I,pivotally secured to the heel-post and projecting through a slot, K, inthe upright of the gate-frame, the cross-head M, secured to the free endof said binder, the sheave M, rope L, and slot 0 in the gateframe, allcombined to operate substantially in the manner and for the purposesdescribed.

2. Ina farm-gate, the combination of the hinge-post A, heel-post F,hinged thereto, the

vertiCally-sliding gate, the guide-strap G, the guides H, the binder I,and cross-head N on the free end of said binder, all combined andoperating substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 1st day of December, 1887.

PHILIP DYER.

WVitnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, J AS. WHITTEMORE.

